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Language Choice in Postcolonial Law - Lessons from Malaysia's Bilingual Legal System (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Language Choice in Postcolonial Law - Lessons from Malaysia's Bilingual Legal System (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: Language Policy, 22
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This book discusses multilingual postcolonial common law, focusing
on Malaysia's efforts to shift the language of law from English to
Malay, and weighing the pros and cons of planned language shift as
a solution to language-based disadvantage before the law in
jurisdictions where the majority of citizens lack proficiency in
the traditional legal medium. Through analysis of legislation and
policy documents, interviews with lawyers, law students and law
lecturers, and observations of court proceedings and law lectures,
the book reflects on what is entailed in changing the language of
the law. It reviews the implications of societal bilingualism for
postcolonial justice systems, and raises an important question for
language planners to consider: if the language of the law is
changed, what else about the law changes?
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